Boys basketball: Barnett’s last-second shot lifts West Central

WHITE HALL — Corey Barnett scored on a putback just before the buzzer to give West Central a thrilling 50-48 victory over White Hall North Greene High School in a Western Illinois Valley Conference boys basketball game Friday night.

By Staff reports

The State Journal-Register

By Staff reports

Posted Feb. 11, 2012 at 12:01 AM
Updated Feb 11, 2012 at 10:05 AM

By Staff reports

Posted Feb. 11, 2012 at 12:01 AM
Updated Feb 11, 2012 at 10:05 AM

WHITE HALL — Corey Barnett scored on a putback just before the buzzer to give West Central a thrilling 50-48 victory over White Hall North Greene High School in a Western Illinois Valley Conference boys basketball game Friday night.

West Central (24-3 overall, 9-0 in the WIVC) survived a wild finish.

A long 3-pointer by North Greene tied the contest at 48 with seven seconds left.

On the next possession, West Central missed a shot before Barnett grabbed the rebound and scored the game-winning basket.

Barnett led all scorers with 14 points.

White Hall (10-15, 3-5) nearly pulled off the upset. The Spartans led 25-21 at halftime and took a 35-31 lead into the fourth quarter.

Thoele had 12 of his 22 points in the second quarter, when Franklin outscored Edinburg 22-11 and went into the half with a 34-27 lead. Kollin Keltner added 12 points for Franklin (21-2 overall, 8-0 in the MSM).

Edinburg led 16-12 after one quarter and got a team-high 10 points from Isaac Roethemeyer.

CALVARY 67, LINCOLNWOOD 53: At Calvary, Austin Yocum made five 3-pointers and scored a season-high 32 points for the Saints in an MSM Conference victory.

Tate Snyder led Raymond Lincolnwood with 23 points.

GILLESPIE 57, PAWNEE 42: At Gillespie, the Miners pulled away from the Indians in the third quarter after leading by five points at halftime of the Prairie State Conference game.

Michael Bussman scored 24 points for Gillespie.

Pawnee’s Dalton Doerfler led all scorers with 28 points.

PETERSBURG PORTA 65, AUBURN 44: At Petersburg, the Bluejays doubled the score in the second quarter en route to a Sangamo Conference win.

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PORTA outscored the Trojans 22-11 in the second period to widen a 14-9 first-quarter lead to 36-20 at the half.

Zach Stephenson scored 16 of his game-high 20 points in the first half, and Tim Schappaugh scored 10 of his 14 points in the first half to lead the Bluejays.

Wes Copelin led Auburn with 12 points. Austin Muench, who entered the game with a 16.8 scoring average, was held to five points.

PORTA improved to 15-10 overall and 3-6 in the Sangamo. Auburn, losers of four of their last five games, dropped to 13-11 and 3-5.

GREENFIELD 48, CONCORD TRIOPIA 38: At Greenfield, the host team won thanks in part to 18-of-27 shooting from the free throw line in a Western Illinois Valley Conference contest.

Greenfield’s Isaac Master had a game-high 23 points and made nine of nine foul shots.

Josh Wilhite led Triopia with 13 points.

PITTSFIELD 59, BARRY WESTERN 29: At Pittsfield, Dalton Hoover had 13 points and Ethan Borrowman scored 12 for the Saukees.

Pittsfield dominated the non-conference game and jumped to a 38-15 halftime lead.

NORTH MAC 77, WAVERLY 58: At Virden, the Panthers outscored Waverly 41-24 in the first half and cruised to a non-conference victory.

North Mac’s Dakota Etter and Tommy Ulinski both came up big in the first half, scoring 18 and 13 points, respectively. Etter finished with 23 points and nine rebounds while Ulinski had 17 points and six assists.

Patrick Grayson had a team-high 24 points, pacing North Mac to its 16th win against eight losses.

Waverly’s Derek Burchett led all scorers with 30 points.

SOUTH FORK 46, TRI-CITY 30: At Kincaid, the host South Fork Ponies held Buffalo Tri-City to seven first half points and cruised to a 46-30 MSM Conference victory.

Brady Hubert paced Kincaid (17-9 overall, 6-3 in the MSM) with 10 points, eight rebounds and two steals while Nick Smith came up with seven points and three assists.

Bryce Paul hit three 3s and led Tri-City in scoring with nine points.

BUNKER HILL 51, MORRISONVILLE 39: At Bunker Hill, the Minutemen used a 36-24 second-half scoring advantage to break open a halftime tie and down the Morrisonville in non-conference play.

Brandon Kruemmelbein led Bunker Hill in scoring with 13 points, followed by Allen Mansholt (12 points) and Kevin Clark (10). The Minutemen made 11 of 14 free throws in the fourth quarter.

Joe McWard and Cody Moomey had 11 points apiece for Morrisonville.

ABINGDON 55, HAVANA 51: Host Havana led 28-20 at the half but Abingdon went on a 19-6 third quarter tear to win a non-conference game.

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Jordan Atwater led the Ducks with 20 points, followed by Jared Hovey with 16.

LITCHFIELD 62, CARLINVILE 46: At Litchfield, the Purple Panthers pulled away from Carlinville in the third quarter of a South Central Conference game.

Litchfield hit three of its five 3-point field goals in the third period when the Panthers widened a 30-25 halftime lead to 47-33.

Litchfield’s Eric Donohoe scored seven of his 10 points in the third period and Alex Hull, who led all scorers with 15 points, added two 3s in the quarter for his only second-half points.

STAUNTON 79, MOUNT OLIVE 66: At Staunton, Devin Gerdes scored 20 of his 26 points in the second half as the Bulldogs captured a non-conference win.

Both teams are Prairie State Conference members, but the game didn’t count in the league standings because Staunton had already defeated Mount Olive in a PSC contest in December. Staunton also beat Mount Olive in the Edwardsville Metro-East Lutheran

Tournament, the Carlinville Holiday Tournament and the Macoupin County Tournament.

Gerdes, who is averaging about 12 points per game, tied his season high. Austin Holloway tallied 10 of his 17 points in the second half, and Bo Davis added 10 of his 13 points in the second half. Billy Bartle scored 11 points as Staunton improved to 15-10.

Mount Olive’s Zack Mathis tallied 14 of his team-high 17 points in the second half. Jake Niehaus notched three 3-point field goals and contributed 15 points, and Matt Mueller and Dakota White each added 12 points as Mount Olive fell to 6-19.

The Wildcats connected on four of their seven 3-point field goals in the fourth period.